fireeyes fireeyes

03-02-2016
Mathematics

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It takes 18 peaches to make 4 jars of peach preserves. How many peaches will be needed to make 14 jars?

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RASEA23 RASEA23

03-02-2016

Set up a proportion of peaches/ number of jars.
18/4=x peaches/14
Cross multiply;
4x=252
x=63
So 63 peaches. Hope this helps.

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littlelittle2123 littlelittle2123

03-02-2016

it takes 63 peaches because 18/4 is 4.5 then, 4.5 times 14 equals 63.

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